Chinese New Year is celebrated all around the world and @John_Betong ; has found a way for us to celebrate it at SitePoint, as well.

Show how you celebrate Chinese New Year with your photos. We're celebrating by adding some great new prizes for this month's Photo Challenge winner and runner up.

Our winner has a choice of any of the prizes below. Runner up receives their choice of our selection of ebooks or the coveted SitePoint coffee mug.

1.One subscription to SitePoint's Learnable. Learnables are online courses that span the range of web development from getting started with PhotoShop or vector art to Designing or Programming your website. Browse the SitePoint ebook library here.

It is, but parades always have dragons that resemble the animal of the year.

Shyflower
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2013-02-06T22:33:04Z —
#7

Our two green tree pythons.

WayneLiew
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2013-02-07T01:14:26Z —
#8

Shaun_OfTheDead said:

I actually think the coming year is Snake, not Dragon.

Shyflower said:

It is, but parades always have dragons that resemble the animal of the year.

Chinese see dragons as an animal that brings prosperity so they are always there every Chinese New Year regardless of what year it is.

John_Betong
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2013-02-08T14:48:59Z —
#9

Shaun_OfTheDead said:

I actually think the coming year is Snake, not Dragon.

Yes this is the Year of the Snake:

Special Note: This is not an entry to the competition, just an image that I like

ServerStorm
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2013-02-09T23:59:25Z —
#10

Hi.

Please be kind? I drew this Chinese New Year dragon to wish all people who celebrate Chinese New Year to have a SitePoint happy dragon bringing them health, happiness, and good will

Here it is:

Shyflower
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2013-02-10T16:54:52Z —
#11

ServerStorm said:

Hi.

Please be kind? I drew this Chinese New Year dragon to wish all people who celebrate Chinese New Year to have a SitePoint happy dragon bringing them health, happiness, and good will

Cool, of course since it isn't a photo it isn't eligible to be judged in the challenge but nonetheless, COOL!

ServerStorm
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2013-02-10T18:01:16Z —
#12

Shyflower said:

Cool, of course since it isn't a photo it isn't eligible to be judged in the challenge but nonetheless, COOL!

No, sorry I should have put it in that post that I did not expect to be in the Photo contest with it. Our city doesn't have a Chinese parade for New Years so unless I travel to a Chinese New Year's festival, it is unlikely that I will be able to enter a photo, so the drawing is about what I can do

Thank you!

Steve

Shyflower
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2013-02-10T20:30:26Z —
#13

ServerStorm said:

No, sorry I should have put it in that post that I did not expect to be in the Photo contest with it. Our city doesn't have a Chinese parade for New Years so unless I travel to a Chinese New Year's festival, it is unlikely that I will be able to enter a photo, so the drawing is about what I can do

Thank you!

Steve

No need to be sorry! I'm glad you shared it! Thank you! Just wanted all to know that our photo challenges are open only to photos. People can post any relevant images they like and the two posted of Dragons are great (i'm partial to dragons!), but for our 'challengers' rest assured that only your photos will be in the poll!

Shaun
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2013-02-20T23:39:49Z —
#14

No Chinese dragons so here's one from Carnival, which happened here a couple weeks ago.

John_Betong
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2013-02-21T04:33:52Z —
#15

Shaun_OfTheDead said:

No Chinese dragons so here's one from Carnival, which happened here a couple weeks ago.

That is one scary photo, I think I will sleep with the lights on tonight

Shyflower
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2013-02-21T17:37:59Z —
#16

Shaun_OfTheDead said:

No Chinese dragons so here's one from Carnival, which happened here a couple weeks ago.

Wow! That is really a cool dragon. I would have loved to see the whole costume! Beautiful work... great photo!

TomB
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2013-02-21T23:48:20Z —
#17

Here's a one I took in London's Chinatown on Chinese New Year's eve! No dragons i'm afraid, but lots of lanterns!

Shaun
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2013-02-22T13:56:09Z —
#18

TomB said:

Here's a one I took in London's Chinatown on Chinese New Year's eve! No dragons i'm afraid, but lots of lanterns!

Wow, that probably looked gorgeous at night!

John_Betong
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2013-02-22T15:21:49Z —
#19

TomB said:

Here's a one I took in London's Chinatown on Chinese New Year's eve! No dragons i'm afraid, but lots of lanterns!

Looks very good and no snow

Shyflower
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2013-02-22T21:43:55Z —
#20

I've always admired the way the Chinese use oranges and reds.They really know how to make colors "pop" balloons or not!